The predominate quail habitat in the central mid-west is the brush and tree lined creek bottom and fence line. Pictured above is a field waterway in grass leading down to a creek bottom that separates the row crop field in the far ground from this near side field. While this type of habitat is a great benefit to our quail hunting it sometimes comes with a consequence, especially for the single hunter. That consequence is shown below.
All is not lost for along every creek bottom cutting through the crop fields will be grassed in waterways, erosion control features required to keep farm subsidies. Pictured below is one such waterway leading to the creek in the two pictures above. The old dog on point is on a partial covey that was originally pointed and flushed from the creek bottom into the waterway.
Real hunting of wild quail on natural habitat for the real hunter. |
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The creek bottom edge habitat frequently comes with a creek bottom that crossing is a challenge due to steep, high banks. Two hunters with two dogs can hunt this habitat very effectively with one on each side. The single hunter with one or two dogs will find himself crossing this obstacle to get to a dog on point as frequently as walking in on a point on the near side.
